00                          SENATE BILL NO. 239 am H                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the                                    
02 registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial                             
03 responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments; and providing for an                                         
04 effective date."                                                                                                        
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 28.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
07 Sec. 28.10.068. Registration of legally imported vehicles. If a vehicle is at                                         
08 least 25 years old and was legally imported into the United States, the department may                                  
09 not require that the vehicle comply with current federal motor vehicle safety standards                                 
10       before registering the vehicle under this chapter.                                                                
11    * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
12            (e)  If a vehicle is registered under AS 28.10.068, the department may not                                   
13       refuse, suspend, or revoke a certificate of title based on the vehicle's failure to comply                        
14       with current federal motor vehicle safety standards.                                                              

01    * Sec. 3. AS 28.20.330(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
02            (b)  The proof required by (a) of this section shall be maintained                                           
03                 (1)  for one year from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied if                              
04       the suspension is the person's first suspension under AS 28.20.270;                                           
05                 (2)  for three years from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied                              
06       if the suspension is the person's second suspension under AS 28.20.270;                                       
07                 (3)  for 10 years from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied if                              
08       the suspension is the person's third suspension under AS 28.20.270;                                           
09                 (4)  during the period the person has a license or nonresident's                                    
10 operating privilege if the suspension is the person's fourth or subsequent                                          
11       suspension under AS 28.20.270.                                                                                
12    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14 APPLICABILITY. AS 28.20.330(b), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act, applies to                                            
15 suspensions occurring before, on, or after the effective date of sec. 3 of this Act.                                    
16    * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
17 read:                                                                                                                   
18 TRANSITION: NOTIFICATION. Within six months after the effective date of sec. 3                                          
19 of this Act, an insurance company doing business in the state shall provide notice of the                               
20 provisions of sec. 3 of this Act to the company's customers in this state who maintain proof of                         
21 financial responsibility as required under AS 28.20.330.                                                                
22    * Sec. 6. AS 28.33.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read.                                              
23 (j)  If an applicant does not successfully complete any portion of a driving test                                       
24 required under this section, the department may only require the applicant to retake the                                
25       failed or incomplete portion of the test.                                                                         
26    * Sec. 7. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).